The state announced Sunday that 3,471 Jackson County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 35 from Saturday’s report.

On Saturday, there 24 new Jackson County residents that tested positive for COVID-19.

The positivity rate for Jackson County now stands at 11.4%, up 0.6% from Saturday’s percentage.

Positivity rate is determined by a seven-day moving average with a six-day lag. It’s calculated by dividing the total number of positive tests by the total number of tests administered. The reason for the lag is to give time to receive comprehensive results.

The current positivity rate for Jackson County would be for Dec. 7 to 13.

No new deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported on Saturday or Sunday in Jackson County, remains at 41. Of those deaths, 51.2% involved people older than 80 and 97.5% are older than 60. The number of females who have died of COVID-19 among county residents is 61%.

The last time a COVID-19 related death was reported in the county was Dec. 8.

There have been 31,611 tests administered overall in Jackson County since March 18, an increase of 317 from Saturday’s numbers.

The latest results were as of 11:59 p.m. Saturday. The ISDH’s coronavirus dashboard is updated at noon daily.

On Sunday, 6,558 additional Hoosiers across the state were diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the Indiana State Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and private laboratories.

This brings to 464,354 the total number of Hoosiers known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Indiana’s total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 is 7,070 with 53 new deaths being reported Sunday.

For the state, a total of 5,260,527 tests have been administered, an increase of 64,486 from Saturday’s reported total.

Of the 2,154 intensive care beds in the state, 48.8% were in use by non-COVID-19 patients and 30.6% were in used by COVID-19 patients leaving 23.6% free. Of the 2,804 ventilators statewide, 71.1% were available for use with 12.2% in use by COVID-19 patients.